To say that the Vatican seems in turmoil would be putting things mildly, with two stunners in the arc of twenty-four hours last week: The announcement that the president of the Vatican Bank has been unceremoniously fired, and the revelation that a longtime personal servant of Benedict XVI has been identified as the alleged "deep throat" behind the torrid Vatican leaks scandal.

Read more by John Allen:

Memo explaining why Vatican Bank head was fired [1]

All Hell breaks loose in the Holy See [2]

More from the news wires:

Director of Vatican Bank resigns under pressure [3]

Vatican police arrest one source of leaked documents [4]